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eyely

eyely adjective: visible or apparent to the eye; evident; obvious.

Adjective

eyely (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Visible or apparent to the eye; evident; obvious.
    • Ofttimes we look upon an eyely prize, / And conjure means by which we may obtain / That morsel for ourself; […]1892, Creedmore Fleenor, “Passion's Pandemonium”, in Thought Throbs, § "Despondency", page 199
    • […] and I quoted a few places where the first part of my accusation is capable of "eyely and euident demonstration,' to use a phrase of Leicarraga's time.1903 January 24, Notes and Queries, volume 11, 9th series, Oxford University Press, page 64
    Synonyms:
    blatant, manifest

Adverb

eyely (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Obviously; evidently; apparently.
    • He was eyely delited at the site you may be sure but Becky being timersome shut her eyes all the time she was seeing it.1822 May, Thomas Hood, “Mr. Martin's Pictures and the Bonassus”, in The London Magazine, volume 5, number 29, page 428; republished in Tom Hood, Frances Freeling Broderip (née Hood), editors, The...

Synonyms of eyely

Origin of eyely

From Middle English ely, eiȝely, equivalent to eye + -ly.

From the adjective (see above), equivalent to eye + -ly.

Questions about eyely

What does eyely mean?
Eyely means visible or apparent to the eye; evident; obvious.
What part of speech is eyely?
Eyely can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near eyely in the dictionary

  1. eyelobes
  2. eyelock
  3. eyelocked
  4. eyelocking
  5. eyelocks
  6. eyely
  7. eyemark
  8. eyemarks
  9. eyemask
  10. eyemasks
  11. Eyemouth

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